a little update!!

Ok so I wanted to start with this picture since I spoke about it in a previous blog.  This is Alex with Fred bird and John Mabry - and this event is why we have chosen to name our little China doll Mabry....check out my previous blog but basically it is all about character and humility and just being a darn good person!!!

Since I wanted to post this picture I also want to give you a bit of an update!!!  So we met with our social worker on thursday of last week and read thru our home study.  She had her supervisor reviewing it also and this week it should be sent to DCFS for their IL state approval.  She said in the mean time that we should be putting together our I800A which is our immigration approval paperwork.  So the state approval will take about 2 weeks so I filled out the I800A and am in the process of reordering all our birth certificates because in the life of adoption they only have a 6 month shelf life, so the ones I ordered in March are no longer good.  So basically I just have to wait for those to come back and our IL approval and then we will mail it off for immigration approval to bring Mabry here!!!  Then the next step once we have immigration approval is to gather and submit our dossier to China.  Once that has been submitted we will receive a log in date and that is when the official "wait" begins.  Our agency said that they feel the longest we will wait is 6 months for a referral but we believe that God is in complete control so we will wait how ever long we need to but are hoping it is sooner than later.  The way it works though is once you have a LID (log in date) you are officially eligible for a referral so we will wait and see what God has in store....this paper trail has an end in sight!!!!!!

Thanks for following along on this journey with us...more exciting things to come!!!!